1. the act of a man explaining something to a woman in a condescending way, often on a topic the woman knows well or better than the man
Usage: informal; often considered offensive

1. to explain something to someone (typically a woman) in a condescending manner, assuming a lack of knowledge or understanding
Usage: informal; often considered offensive

Examples

• She was tired of her coworker mansplaining basic concepts she had already mastered.
• He started mansplaining the rules of the game to the team captain who had played for years.
• The customer service representative began mansplaining how her own product worked to the engineer.
• She called him out for mansplaining feminism to her during their conversation.
• His tendency to mansplain made meetings uncomfortable for everyone.
• When she mentioned her background in physics, he still felt the need to mansplain the theory to her.